Vanguard3000 Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 I'd like to compile a list of all of all (or as many as possible) "guest appearances" Dune has made in other things. I don't mean outright parodies like National Lampoon's Doon or Disney's Dune. I'll give you some examples:Warcraft IIIWhen you click on the Undead Acolyte enough times, he'll eventually say "All I see is blackess... Oh, my hood's down".Saturday Night LiveIn a skit involving George W. Bush being advized by Dick Cheney, etc, someone mentions the country Yemen. Bush says something like "You mean Fremen." Cheney corrects him, saying "Fremen is from the science fiction novel Dune."Star Trek: Log Eight by Alan Dean FosterIn this novel, based on the TOS cartoon episode "Eye of the Beholder", Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are searching for a missing starship crew on the planet Lactra III. In a patch of desert, they are attacked by a large creature. After their escape, Kirk mentions that the creature was identical to a desert beast from the planet Canopus III. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 whoa, that startrek one is pretty neat. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 There was a thread like this a long time back.Star Trek makes frequent allusions to Dune, possibly because Herbert was one of the big guys in charge of the first letter-writing campaign to save the show.Rakis, Arrakis, Gedi Prime, Kaitan, are all planets in Star Trek.The simpson, int he episode Apu moves in witht hem.Homer: "Whats the matter Lisa? Is the curry too spicey for you?"Lisa: "I can see through time."Tiny Toons, in one episode they stand in a video store advertising the worst box office bombs of all time, dune is prominently on display.Beetljuice and a million other shows: Sandworms, sand trout.And many, many more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted February 13, 2003 Author Share Posted February 13, 2003 Ah, yes, the old Beetlejuice sandworms. Man, that show/movie was bizarre.Anyway, keep in mind that Arrakis is a real star (sometime "Al-Rakis"), as well as Geidi.I knew there was a Simpsons spoof, but I couldn't remember it. Thanks! ;)Also, Star Wars was partially inspired by Dune. That's no secret.TMA: Yeah, I was really surprised when I saw that. It's a pretty good book, actually. I had had it for a very long time, but only read it out of boredom about a year ago. It's a very easy read, but it's pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 The makers of star trek have stated that the references to planets (not starss:)) are links to Dune.In fact, it is an intenional joke just for fans of Dune that Gedi Prime is a vacation world in Star Trek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHJ BV Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 In fact, it is an intenional joke just for fans of Dune that Giedi Prime is a vacation world in Star Trek. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chani Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 In fact, it is an intenional joke just for fans of Dune that Gedi Prime is a vacation world in Star Trek.Really?? Cool! I should really watch Star Trek sometime.. ( I know there's lots but I do have a whole lifetime to do my catching up!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caid Ivik Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 Who played Fury of the Furies? I think it's a second level, where you play in desert. Intro screen shows little Furrie on a "sandworm", hunting a food on a fishing stick ;DAlso in setup you can choose a "fremen" language... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 The makers of star trek have stated that the references to planets (not starss:)) are links to Dune.In fact, it is an intenional joke just for fans of Dune that Gedi Prime is a vacation world in Star Trek.Oh yeah, I saw that in Voyager once. I thought they just stole that because of lack of inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted February 13, 2003 Author Share Posted February 13, 2003 The makers of star trek have stated that the references to planets (not starss:)) are links to Dune.In fact, it is an intenional joke just for fans of Dune that Gedi Prime is a vacation world in Star Trek.Oh yeah, I saw that in Voyager once. I thought they just stole that because of lack of inspiration.Perhaps it was a bit of both. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Hangman Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 In one episode of King of the Hill, Dale thinks Joseph is an alien, and his real father will be angry with him if he isn't nice to Joseph. So Dale starts giving him all this stuff and Bobby says "wow, your dad is really cool." Then Joseph replies, "No, hes just being nice so my real dad doesnt freeze him in carbonite and trade him for spice." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 That's more like a Star Wars joke, which itself is influenced from Dune ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel_Worf Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 On July 19th 2002 Dennis Miller Live referenced a certain part of his anatomy as a "Dune worm". :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechadragon Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 In the series "The Critic" there were two references to the sandworms. The first was in a review of a movie, and the second one as Jay's hallucintaton in the desert of Iraq.I wish I could remember more details for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 Who played Fury of the Furies? I think it's a second level, where you play in desert. Intro screen shows little Furrie on a "sandworm", hunting a food on a fishing stick ;DAlso in setup you can choose a "fremen" language...I PLAYED THAT! :DI thought id never find anyone else who had! I played it on the Amiga YEARS ago and my god it was awesome, especially the music =)They dont make games like that anymore :-. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted February 14, 2003 Share Posted February 14, 2003 In one of the Starwars books it was saying how spice is one of the most valuable things in the Universe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlteaDeo Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 just hoping that's not a Kevin J. Anderson's one :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tio_Holtzmann Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 yeah isnt there a race in star trek called the talaxians? hmmmm...but yeah, there are stars called betelgeuse, canopus, ophiuchi and plenty others. there's also a star called aldebaran. hmmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Star Trek makes many homages to Dune, liley due to the fact that Herbert was one of the main players int he first letter-writing campaign that saved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Star Trek makes frequent allusions to Dune, possibly because Herbert was one of the big guys in charge of the first letter-writing campaign to save the show.You've said that :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Mistook this thread for the other one.Actually, if you look back far enough, there should be a third thread about this started by MechaDragon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tako Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Patrick steward also played in the first movie didn't he? maybe he has somthing to do with that also. (gurney-picard) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezcatlipoca Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 In the Terry Brook novel "Witch's Brew" (last of the Landover series) the protagonist is attacked by a creature thought up by his daughter and created by the antagonistic witch: a giant worm that his daughter remembers from from a certain book :D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 Nice one, Tez! I'll have to look into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 I remember someone saying that there was a reference to sandworms or something in Spongebob Squarepants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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